Category Archives: EdEqualElect Wards

This is the only ward where there are more women standing than council seats for the ward.

Winners last time: Liberal Democrats (Charles C Dundas) in the fifth round, after Liberal, Scottish Socialist, and Scottish Green were eliminated. SNP (David Beckett) in the 6th round, and Conservative (Joanna Mowat) in the eighth round after Labour was eliminated. David Beckett resigned and Alasdair Rankin held the seat (just) for the SNP in 2011.

Joanna Mowat (Conservative), and Alasdair Rankin (SNP) and Iain Coleman (LibDems) are also taking part in the Edinburgh’s Active Citizenship Group will host a hustings on 7-9pm at Riddles Court, 332 Lawnmarket.

Winners last time: Conservative (Mark McInnes) in the first round; Liberal Democrats (Marilyne Angela MacLaren) in the second round; Scottish Green (Alison Johnstone) in the seventh round after Solidarity, Scottish Socialist, SNP, and the second Liberal Democrat had been eliminated: and Labour (Paul Godzik) in the ninth round.

Winners last time: SNP (Nick Elliott-Canon) and Labour (Eric Milligan) both in the first round. And Liberal Democrats (Joanna Toomey) and second Labour (Donald C Wilson) both in the last round (but Labour didn’t make quota) after Conservative and Scottish Green were eliminated – and Solidarity, Scottish Socialist, and two Independent candidates were eliminated in earlier rounds.

Winners last time: Conservative (Elaine Aitken) in the fourth round, even after SNP, Scottish Green, and Scottish Socialist had been eliminated. Conservative (Jason Rust) and Labour (Eric Barry) both won in round 6 after the Liberal Democrat was eliminated.

All the incumbents are standing again – Elaine Aitken, Jason Geoffrey Rust, and Eric Barry.

Winners last time: Labour (Lesley Hinds) in the 7th round, after Scottish Green, Liberal, Solidarity, Scottish Socialist, and two Independent candidates were eliminated; Liberal Democrats (Tim McKay) in the 8th round after the other Liberal Democrat (Tom Ponton) was eliminated; Conservative(Iain Whyte) in the last round after the other Conservative candidate (Lindsay Paterson) was eliminated: along with (SNP) Stuart McIvor, who did not make quota.

8 candidates standing.
Winners last time: Liberal Democrats (Robert Aldridge) in the first round; the second Liberal Democrats candidate Jenny Dawe in the 6th round after Labour, Scottish Green, Scottish Socialist, and Liberal had been eliminated; and SNP (Colin G. Keir) in the 8th round after the Conservative (Steven Binney) had been eliminated.